This one-day conference is organised jointly with the Ordnance Society, to explore the history of artillery after 1800, including both its design and manufacture and its deployment and use.
The programme for the day is as follows:
9.15 am Registration and coffee
9.45 am Changes in UK anti-aircraft artillery fuzes from the First to Second World Wars
Speaker: Trevor John Parker
10.30 am New findings at Fort Gilkicker
Speaker: Lewis Sharp
11.30 am Tour of site and Royal Armouries collection
12.30 am Lunch (not provided)
1.15 pm The 18-pounder field gun and the Irish Civil War 1922-23
Speaker: Robert Delaney
2 pm Artillery logistics in the German Wars of Unification
Speaker: Colonel J Michael Phillips
3 pm Development of heavy anti-aircraft systems
Speaker: Geoff Smith
3.45 pm What went wrong with the Armstrong Gun?
Speaker: Nick Hall
4.30 pm Final address
5 pm Fort Nelson closes
Tickets £9 – includes free parking and light refreshments (not lunch - there is a cafe onsite)
